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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Things I'm learning about Flat Diapers

I've been practicing for the Flats and Handwashing Challenge in my house. I've been using the flats

1) If you accidentally forget to add night protection to a single flat diaper, your baby may wake up drenched in their own urine despite the amazing protection of a Thirsties Cover.

2) Handwashing flats regularly leads to some super dry skin, so stock up on the lotion!

3) Flats are very trim and make my daughter look so much smaller than what I'm accustomed to.

4) Flats stretch out to a much larger size when line dried than they do when machine dried. Plus, they have no wrinkles on the edges, leading to easier folding.

5) Not all folds are the same. The origami fold may work well for one baby, but not another.

6) Flats, as well as many other fabrics, are stiffer when line dried and seem to be much more absorbent this way.
7) Forgoing pockets and fitteds for flats induces an "Are you crazy???" look from my husband.

8) My daughter hates wearing flats because when I go to pin them (have I mentioned that I hate snappis?), my engagement ring pokes her. I've started turning it around, but she's already got the flinching reflex from it :-(

9) I currently have only seven flats until my other ones arrive from Diaper Junction, but if I wash each flat as she dirties them it seems to keep more of them in circulation at a time.

10) Two line-dried flats "trifolded" into a Thirsties cover are very absorbent. If I wanted to, I could let Bunny stay in them for a couple of hours but I do my best to change her right away no matter how little she's peed (She's a frequent wetter).

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About Me

I'm an amateur seamstress, a pretty decent knitter, and also a cloth diapering, baby wearing, breastfeeding, and baby food making mom to a creative, loving, independent, potty-trained, "I'll do it myself" four year old girl and a happy, chunky, adorable new baby boy who is quickly stealing all of our hearts. In addition to being a part time stay-at-home-mom, I'm a part time Spanish teacher so sometimes I feel like a JILL of all trades :-D.

Some inspiration from Max Lucado

"You see, he didn't have to go. He had a choice. He could have stayed. He could have kept his mouth shut. He could have ignored the call or at least postponed it. And had he chosen to stay, who would've known? Who would have blamed him? "He could have come back as a man in another era when society wasn't so volatile, when religion wasn't so stale, when people would listen better. "He could have come back when crosses were out of style. "But his heart wouldn't let him. If there was hesitation on the part of his humanity, it was overcome by the compassion of his divinity. His divinity heard the voices. His divinity heard the hopeless cries of the poor, the bitter accusations of the abandoned, the dangling despair of those who are trying to save themselves. "And you can be sure of one thing. Among the voices that found their way into that carpentry shop in Nazareth was your voice. Your silent prayers uttered on tearstained pillows were heard before they were said. Your deepest questions about death and eternity were answered before they were asked. And your direst need, your need for a Savior, was met before you ever sinned. " -Max Lucado